Description
Rahaba is the Arabic word for openness, especially the openness required of a host. In Arab culture, the role of host is taken very seriously ? and Rahaba is a scent that reflects the generosity of spirit required. It opens with a beguiling mixture of fresh and dried pineapple, mimicking the tray of sweetmeats typically offered to you upon arrival. A fizzy lemonade note injects the scent with ferocious sparkle and joie de vivre. There is a touch of gin, too ? but it’s more a fresh, outdoorsy juniper note than anything truly boozy.
This barrage of vibrant, fruity, and fizzy notes are the interlude to a soft and restful bouquet of rose, which, lightly dusted with iris, lends a discreetly powdery texture to the scent. However, like a host who welcomes everyone with equal grace, both men and women alike will find Rahaba tremendously inviting. The bright candied pineapple and floral notes fade away slowly over a blond, freshly-cut woody accord that maintains the scent’s sparkling feel. The drydown is curiously airy and salty, a nutty tonka bean holding it all together at the spine. Rahaba is, in its final hours, a mélange of tart fruity notes grafted onto a hugely spacious ambery musk ? perhaps Ambrox ? that expands the scent to room-filling proportions without losing any of its delicacy.
